The organizations
that have adopted the charter for the Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to
develop an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition
Proposal on Naming Related Functions call for observers to join this effort. The
primary goal of the CWG is to produce a consolidated transition proposal for the
elements of the IANA Functions relating to the Domain Name
System.
Participation in
the CWG is open to members and observers. In addition to members, who are
appointed by the chartering organizations, anyone interested in the work of the
CWG, can join as an observer. Observers are expected to actively participate and
attend all meetings. The only difference between a member and an observer is
that any consensus calls or formal decisions that may need to be made will be
limited to CWG members appointed by the chartering organizations. However, this
does not take away that it is the expectation that the CWG will operate as much
as possible with the views and consensus support of all participants in mind as
the importance of considering all input and views on this important topic is
recognized. Observers may be from a chartering organization, from a stakeholder
group or organization not represented in the CWG or currently active within
ICANN, or self-appointed.
If you are
interested in joining, please contact Grace Abuhamad (grace.abuhamad@icann.org), or the secretariats of your
Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee. All participants (members and
observers) will be listed on the CWG's webpage. All observers are also required
to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) following the procedures of their
chartering organization, or where that is not applicable for observers, the GNSO
Procedures should be followed (see https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg).
The CWG is
currently in formation. To date, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the
Country Code Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting
Organization (GNSO) and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
have adopted the charter, and are in the process of appointing members.
The CWG will have its
first
meeting (via teleconference) on 6 October at
13.00 UTC, followed by a F2F meeting in Los Angeles during the ICANN
meeting (scheduled for Monday 13 October from
12.15 – 13.45 local time (19.15 – 22.45 UTC), with remote participation). Both
sessions will be recorded and transcribed.
The National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that
ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the
U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related
root zone management. In making its announcement, the NTIA specified that the
transition proposal must have broad community support and meet the following
principles:
NTIA also
specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a
government-led or an intergovernmental organization
solution.
On June 6 ICANN
proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)
"responsible for preparing a transition proposal reflecting the differing needs
of the various affected parties of the IANA functions."
It was determined
that Stewardship Transition proposals for each of the IANA functions should be
developed by the directly affected communities, the IETF and IAB for IANA
functions related to Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, the ASO, and the
RIRs for functions related the management and distribution of numbering
resources; and the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain Name
System. These efforts will inform the work of the ICG, whose responsibility is
to develop an overall integrated transition proposal from these autonomously
developed components.
Two of IANA's
global directly affected communities, the addressing and Internet protocol
parameter communities, have responded to the NTIA's announcement and the
formation of the ICG, by establishing working groups to provide input on their
specific needs and expectations with respect to the IANA Stewardship
Transition.
This CWG was
formed as an integral part of this transition process, and to develop a proposal
for the elements of the IANA Stewardship Transition that directly affect the
naming community.
Glen
de Saint Géry
GNSO
Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org